Lessons From Mass-Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco.
COVID-19
coronavirus
elderly
health care worker
infection control
mass testing
skilled nursing facility
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 06 2021
01 06 2021
Historique:
received:
29
05
2020
accepted:
16
07
2020
pubmed:
21
7
2020
medline:
4
6
2021
entrez:
21
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Coronavirus disease 2019 can cause significant mortality in the elderly in long-term care facilities (LTCF). We describe 4 LTCF outbreaks where mass testing identified a high proportion of asymptomatic infections (4%-41% in healthcare workers and 20%-75% in residents), indicating that symptom-based screening alone is insufficient for monitoring for COVID-19 transmission.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32687150
pii: 5873783
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1020
pmc: PMC7454340
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2018-2020Investigateurs
Allen-Contreras Robin
(AC)
Alonso Sabrina
(A)
Copeland Nicole
(C)
Corona Adam
(C)
Lee George
(L)
Lemen Kaylene
(L)
Ongpin Melissa
(O)
Watson Lisa
(W)
Zarate Sheilah
(Z)
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.